DEVELOPING L A NGAU G E Arif Javed M.Arch I
Design is language. Language has rules. Rules can be broken.
Connecting Light | 002
Machine Duality | 006
Enlightened Active | 008
Infinitely Intertwined | 010
Protective Irradiant | 013
Explorative Making | 015
Floating Intervention | 017
ResumĂŠ | 022
Language has structure. Structure can be molded. Language communicates ideas. If there is something to say.
Generating a language of constant connection through manipulating light
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Connecting entry axes
C o nn e cti n g LIGHT Manhattan, NYC | Professor Dave Lee Summer 2013 | With: Diane Rosch Mixed use tower engaging High Line urban park
Connection between ground level and Highline level
Connecting interior spaces through central light well
Connecting Light was designed over the course of a 6 week summer studio in Manhattan. The project tackled a few main questions, some more broad reaching such as the question of how to resolve three disparate programs into one hybrid use building and some more project specific such as how to account for the Highline running through the project site itself. Another main question was how to resolve the building at ground level due to two main entry points. Our scheme answered these three questions through three main “connections� in the form of subtractions from the building mass.
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Form atrium under High Line
Add coworking spaces, 19850
Add residential spaces, 15400
Vertical circulation cores subtracted from floor plates
Add circulation cores
Add gallery as interstitial spaces
Programmatically, the challenge of the project was to reconcile three disparate usages within one dense building. The residential, commercial, and gallery categories are all independent of one another and each had their own spatial needs. Our concept was to make one big gesture through a central lightwell that allowed the gallery to become a space of cross-pollination and social activity on each floor. It is also connects the program through the building vertically, as it allows occupants of one floor to observe the activities happening above and below.
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5 Office_2x4 6 Conference Rooms 7 General Exhibition 8 Special Exhibition 9 Circulation 10 Egress 11 Elevators
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The building’s envelope was devised through mapping a gradient along each facade from programmatic spaces that require more light to those that require less light. This map was then used to determine the pattern of glazing for the envelope, with the hope that the apertures increase as spaces become more public and collaborative. This system allows the building’s mixed use, dense program to become it’s overall language, hopefully becoming a precedent for a new direction of urbanism.
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Site plan produced with Tyler Silvers
Parti based on circulation as continuous loop
M a ch i n e DUALITY Genoa, Italy | Professor Robert Bruhns Fall 2012 | With: Tyler Silvers + Shawna Hammon Cultural Center for Genoa housing an outdoor and indoor theatres and an art gallery
The Genoa Cultural Center is designed to be a home for both the performing and visual arts. The design was driven early on by the parti diagram shown above, essentially using the gallery as an interstitial connector between the more massive and formal indoor theatre and the more landscape oriented, zero impact outdoor theatre. The other layer of the design informed by the parti was the idea of circulation between all parts of the design being a continuous loop. This parti set up concept early on of duality. This led to the decision to use the “langauge of the machine� to clad the indoor theatre in contrast to the green, natural, landscaped vocabulary of the outdoor theatre.
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Stagehouse
Sculpture Garden
Art Gallery Indoor Theatre
Outdoor Theatre
As the plan drawing shows above, the parti diagram translated into an elliptical plan form that allowed for circulation on various datums to be continuous between each programmatic element of the pavilion. Two trellis details, one from the roof of indoor theatre and one from the garden that runs around the outdoor amphitheatre illustrate the concept of duality. The trellis from the roof of the indoor theatre was designed to look more like an industrial claw, a series of big glu-lam beams that frame the curtain wall and aggresively enclose the theatre. The trellis from the outdoor theatre is more vernacular and more designed to fit in with the natural state of the outdoor theatre. NOTE: All drawings on this page were produced in conjunction with Tyler Silvers and Shawna Hammon. My main responsibility was design and development and production of the Indoor Theatre. Thus, I drew the the portions of the drawings pertaining to that.
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En l ig h ten ed ACT IVE Clemson, SC | Professor Martha Skinner Spring 2013 | Schröder House Case Study | Gerrit Rietveld Money collection box for homeless charity fundraiser
This project was meant as a money collection box that reinterpreted an iconic house as a centerpiece for a homeless charity fundraising event. The design of the model is meant to embody and convey in an interpretive manner Rietveld’s intention and concept of the house. Process sketches and sketch models, such as those pictured above were also an important aspect of the project. They were used as tools to explore and understand Rietveld’s language which we decided consisted of an attention to joinery and how it can be used as a compositional tool that holds together and envelope of geometric point, line, and plane elements. We attempted to continue the house’s enlightened and active spirit by making a model that prompts the user to push, pull, and slide to reveal compartments that allow donations to be made.
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Connecting nature to the children drove the site planning of the school in the Dupont National forest mountainside.
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Connecting the architecture to the children meant creating interior spaces and an experience sympathetic to the pressures faced by children with autism.
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Connecting the architecture to nature meant allowing the building to fit harmoniously within the mountainous context
I nf i ni te ly INT ERT WINED Asheville, NC | Professor Martha Skinner Spring 2013 Educational center for K-6 children with autism
Infinitely Intertwined was conceived as a new typology for the elementary school system. My proposed solution was proposing a school that seamlessly integrates “neurotypical� and autistic children in the same building, by making design decisions tailored for the autistic mind that are at the same time beneficial to neurotypical children. Sited in the Dupont State Forest a series of connections (shown above) were made that drove the design from site planning to form finding. A series of experiential diagrams shown on the next page heavily drove the design choices, all with the goal of making the experience of the school more conducive to the unique challenges faced by children with autism.
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Office Using connection to nature to allow the autistic mind to escape societal pressures
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Building skin pattern recreates light being diffused through trees
Improving the child’s experience through diffused light on the interior which prevents distraction as well as provides mental comfort to children with autism
1. Building roofline hidden below trees to minimize presence 2. Occupiable roof makes building landscape feature
Connecting the architecture to the child through gradual changes of spatial size that are easier to adjust to and less jarring to children on the autism spectrum
Building form in inspired by offsetting forms of surrounding rivers
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Connecting nature to the child through hiking trails, walking paths, etc.
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Library Multimedia Storage
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Rendering above and site plan to the left produced in collaboration with Edgar Mozo
P ro te cti ve IRRADIANT Clemson, SC | Professor Martha Skinner Spring 2013 | With: Edgar Mozo + Jonathan Shaffer Educational center for children with autism
The purpose of the Protective Irradiant wall is to create a paradigm shift in the way Clemson students and faculty commute to campus. We propose a pathway that encourages biking by making biking safer, more enjoyable, and more convenient. The wall will do this by redirecting light and sound from passing cars. Additionally, the Protective Irradiant wall will absorb and sequester carbon to reduce Clemson and the surrounding area’s impact. The site plan to the left shows how adding this pathway along the major roads in Clemson and adding various “bike nodes” (parking, bike rentals, etc.) could transform the campus. My main role in this project was design of the pathway (with Edga Mozo) and certain material research. My partners worked on other material research and the site planning and designing other portions of the project not shown here.
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Transportation paradigm shift encouraged by proposal Left image, exterior render of proposed bike passageway
Photocatalytic cement //breaks down CO2 emissions Glass with irradiant foil embedded //colors created by reflecting car lights Algae bioreactors //also absorb CO2 emissions
The barrier consists of an inner skin and an outer skin. The outer skin is a new type of cement that is coated with Titanium Oxide and houses an organic compound that reacts with light (sunlight, or headlights from traffic) to sequester air pollutants. The inner skin is a glass and foil material that changes color depending on the angle of refraction of light from passing cars. This inner skin activates the space inside the wall by creating a passageway that uses a dynamic path of color to lead to campus.
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Ex p lo rati ve M AKING Charleston, SC | Professor David Pastre Fall 2013 | Introduction to Craft: Wood Guitar accessory/Jewelry box; made from poplar, sapele, and black acrylic
This box was designed and fabricated for a Introduction to Craft class. The design is conceived as an exploration of contrast, mainly between materiality of the external and internal volumes. Above are initial concept sketches showing the parti of the more organic, “natural� exterior wrapping a more rigid interior. The realization of this was milling poplar wood and then using an angle grinder to produce and external surface texture to emphasize the organic nature of the material. The joinery method for the wood of through dovetails was chosen because it could be executed with limited use of machinery and power tools. This allowed for imperfection and variation across the joinery. The interior consisted of laser-cut black acrylic panels; which provide a full contrast of rigid form, machined fabrication method, and unnatural material.
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F l oati n g IN T ERVENT IO N Charleston, SC | Professor David Pastre Fall 2013 | With: Rachel Gamble, Haley Fitzpatrick, Yiwen Cui, and Robert Taylor Pavilion providing shade, storage, room to gather for a community garden
Floating Intervention is a pavilion completed as a design build project for the Charleston Parks Conservancy in Charleston, SC. The clients wanted an iconic structure that provided shade, space for congregation, and shed storage for a planned community garden (shown in site plan above). The site plan shows how the pavilion will become the centerpiece and cornerstone of the new garden which will revitalize a suburban area as well as bring in new activity and interest.
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5 Individual Concepts Given footprint of pavilion
Roof is used to extend area of design, without obstructing main path
Main programmatic mass blocks southern light
Structure for roof creates thresholds and defines gathering space
East and West light is diffused into main gathering area through screen walls
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Unified Studio Design
Design progressed through a series of presentations to the Charleston Parks Conservancy. This began with 5 individual concepts, then distilled into 2 designs produced in two seperate groups. Finally, we all came together as a studio to finalize a design that was within budget, buildable by a small studio, and able to be constructed within 4-5 weeks. The three renderings to the left that are highlighted as well as the diagrams above were produced by myself. Design, except for the individual concept was all collaborative, first with 2 other students and then with the whole studio.
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Planted Trellis Screen
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After the design phase concluded, a set of construction documents was produced. My main role in the construction documents were connection details of post-beam-girder (shown in following pages) as well as the plan and two longitudinal sections. In terms of design, I was involved in all aspects, with my personal interest being in the twisting, planted trellis screens along the East and West as well as most connection details. As the next pages show, from the CD set phase we moved into full fabrication mode.
North-South Section
Enlarged Storage Section (produced by Haley Fitzpatrick)
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2x8 beams, sandwiching 4x4
1 1/2” gap between beam and girder
4x4 post sandwiched between two 2x6 boards
2”x2” steel angle 3/8” rebar
4x4 board, set into 3” thick concrete base Trellis details produced in conjunction with Rachel Gamble
The structure of the pavilion is also a conventional wooden framing, but done with unique details. One important detail was an 1 1/2” gap between post and girders, to give the roof a lighter, floating expression. The twisted trellis screen is composed of straight pieces of rebar; another contemporary expression made through a simple, ubiquitous material.
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Arif Javed
Education
Achievements
Experience
Skills
787 Navigators Run Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
Clemson University Bachelor of Arts: Architecture GPA: 3.69/4.0 2010 - 2014
Clemson University Dean’s List Sophomore Year President’s List Junior Year
Intern Beau Clowney Design Office August-December 2013 Charleston, SC Drafting, 3d modeling, construction research
Digital Drafting Vectorworks // AutoCAD
e. arifj@g.clemson.edu p. (843)834-0834
Off Campus Study Genoa, Italy // Fall 2012 // At Charles E. Daniel Center // Travel to 7 countries New York, NY // Summer 2013 // Studio_NYC program Charleston, SC //. Fall 2013 // Participated in Design/Build as well as Intern program Academic Magnet High 2006 - 2010
Susan and Harry Frampton Grant// SC Life Scholarship // SC Presidential Scholarship // Pelham Travel Grant Academic Magnet High Completed Senior Thesis: Reaserched alternate methods for funding SC public schools National Honor Society 2008 - 2010
Research Animated Building Skins Professor Dave Lee November 2013-Present
3D Modeling Rhinoceros // SketchUp // Blender Parametrics Grasshopper for Rhino 5 Rendering V Ray // Kerkythea
Unpaid Intern/Shadowing June-August 2012 Making Places LLC Charleston, SC Graphics Code research, basic Revit assistance, Illustrator // InDesign // Photoshop etc. Fabrication Volunteer 3D Printing // Lasercutting Habitat for Humanity 2009-2010 Various residential Programming construction tasks C // C++ // Python ReWeGo Fall 2011 Replaced flooring in Easley, SC residence
Analog Sketching // Drafting // Modeling Woodworking//Basic Metalwork